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Tough Love Part 89; Part 1
Hey guys, I forgot a few things, so hereâ??s a little shocker to the schedule. ~Aariyan. 9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 Chapter 89; Part 1 Side-Tracked, More Like No Boys Allowed! â??You didnâ??t see the newspaper articles about us?â? Michael asked me once I was in the kitchen. â??I remember seeing some at Hughâ??s house, but I only got a chance to glance at them because I would always get distracted.â? â??Oh. Well hereâ??s one.â? â??It reads, â??Michael Jacksonâ??s Mystery Girl Strikes Again!! (2 exclamations for Strike Number 2)â??. And of course itâ??s in all caps!â? I smile and look at him. This one had a picture of us three girls. I happened to be in the middle on this one. â??With this one, itâ??s the same, but they circled your head with a red pen or something.â? Michael tells me. And I laugh at that one also. â??Should I feel famous off of this?â? â??Whatever you want to feel about it. You know they probably had something on you on CBS Evening News.â? â??I hope not.â? I giggle. â??I donâ??t want to start my rep in the industry like this.â? â??And whatâ??s wrong with this?â? â??They already knowing too much about my personal life.â? Then I sat with everyone else in the living room while we watched some news and I got to see myself on TV. I couldnâ??t believe they were filming some of my answers. I was still reeling from some of them. So I ended up being the butt of jokes. I had already taken a shower and I had gotten off the phone with M.J. while I was doing some last minute work. He had apologized and I accepted. â??Hey, why havenâ??t you attended any of my games?â? â??J., so much has been going on. I know there are others.â? â??Yeah. Tomorrow and Tuesday.â? â??Our chorus concert Tuesday. Our practice tomorrowâ?¦.â? â??Canâ??t you miss it?â? â??Are you kidding?! Mrs. Vinson would bite my head off. Try missing one of her practices. Boy I donâ??t think so!â? â??Oh yeahâ?¦KiKi probably will miss both games.â? â??Yeahâ?¦but I know basketball season donâ??t end this month.â? â??Iâ??ll be having practice. But the days I donâ??t, we could go to the court. I could play you a game or two.â? â??Oh really?â? â??Yeah, but Iâ??ll let pretty girl beat me at the first game.â? â??Okay, well Iâ??ll try to add it to my agenda. I just have to make sure I donâ??t have any AP work or anything.â? â??You need a break.â? â??Yeahâ?¦well I need a break from a lot of things.â? â??What does that mean?â? I giggle when I thought about it. â??Not from you! I just mean from so much. But at least I got that trip to Hawaii.â? Pause. â??Yeahâ?¦about that. I donâ??t want you to really go.â? â??I know.â? Now I have to think of a way to defend Michael. â??But heâ??s already paid for this so thereâ??s no way I for me to drop out.â? â??Should I talk to him? Maybe I should.â? â??M.J., I think my parents already approved. They never said anything.â? â??So itâ??s confirmed?â? â??Just about.â? â??Hmmâ?¦I guessâ?¦.â? â??Itâ??s not what you think.â? â??Oh yeah. Well damn Lyric, you couldâ??ve worn my necklace. At least he wouldâ??ve known you were locked down.â? â??â??Locked downâ???! M.J. are you kidding me.â? â??What?â? â??You heard me.â? â??Then you coulda went to church with me today.â? â??Iâ??m sorry but I had something else to do today. Havenâ??t you noticed, â??Destinyâ?? was released today?â? â??Huh?â? â??The Jacksons album?â? â??Oh, so you were hanging with those nigâ??â? â??Donâ??t you dare say it!!â? I exclaimed. â??Man, why are you always taking up for his ass? Are yâ??all fucking?â? â??M.J.?!â? I gasped. â??Are yâ??all?â? I hiccup for another breath, then I slam the phone down. â??Is everything fine up there?â? I hear Dad ask. â??Yep.â? Though Iâ??m rocking on the edge of my bed, trying to keep my now-shattered composure. I didnâ??t see this one coming. Now how can I put this in a song? I have no idea. But before I think to do it, I go over to my jewelry box, where M.J.â??s Promise Ring is sitting. Before I think about it, I put it over my neck. â??Freak!â? I say, trying to take the higher road. I go downstairs, not far from a panic. â??Whatâ??s wrong?â? Mom asks. â??I JUST really forgot that this week is short. Itâ??s only a two day week. And since we have a chorus concert Tuesday, I have practice tomorrow until five.â? â??How could you forget?â? Dad asks. â??I was so busy! You know things havenâ??t been the same in a while.â? I glance over at Michael. â??Hey not my fault.â? He says. â??Soâ?¦.â? I say. â??That just means youâ??ll have a two day week I guess.â? Mom says. â??But this is perfect! I was just telling Michael about if you possibly wanted to get a new bathing suit or something for the vay-kay. I know that green one you were wearing yesterday has gotten smaller.â? Yeah, and I wish it was a one-piece. â??Ohhâ?¦.â? â??I guess yâ??all will be leaving Fridayâ?¦or whenever yâ??all are ready to. So letâ??s plan it for Wednesday that youâ??ll go get some new things.â? She says. â??Okayâ?¦?â? It seems like I wonâ??t be playing ball with M.J., so I could probably scratch it off. â??I could get up early and we can spend the day finding stuff.â? I address to Michael. â??Okay, cool.â? I remember the Christmas party the band was going to hold on Fridayâ?¦.Suddenly I wanted it held on Thursday. I really wanted to give Michael and me an extra day. So itâ??s already late and though it was killing me NOT to, I decided Iâ??ll just coax Donovan up to the idea. But to the very least, I called him so he could drive us to school the next day. The following morning, I made sure to grab some cookies and a plate. â??Whatâ??s this for?â? he asks. â??I have a favor.â? â??Whatâ??s it about?â? â??The party.â? â??What about it?â? â??Well school lets out after tomorrow. Thereâ??s only a few days left before Christmas and I know Michael spent a lot of money on this and I want to spend as many days in Hawaii that I can. So I was wondering if the party could go on on Thursday instead.â? He grabs a cookie like I didnâ??t say anything at all. â??Youâ??re really that shallow?â? he asks as he backs out the drive-way. â??No, Iâ??m trying to be reasonable.â? â??First M.J. and now this.â? â??I donâ??t think M.J. and I are even dating anymore.â? Donovan looks over at me, brows furrowed. â??What happened?â? I look straight forward. â??â?¦I mean I was already thinking about breaking up with him when I went to New York.â? â??When was this?!â? I look over at him, totally inattentive and numb all over. â??About two weeks ago.â? â??I guess with Michaelâ?¦.â? I look over at him again. Then I nod. â??Yeah.â? I barely say over a whisper. â??What did you guys do?â? He finally chuckles. â??Canâ??t tell you.â? He doesnâ??t push me after that, which Iâ??m happy about. Thatâ??s one thing I really dig about Donovan. He doesnâ??t really question you, and itâ??s not that he doesnâ??t care or that heâ??s that laid back; he just trust me to know that if I really needed to, I would tell him whatever I needed to. Once I got to school and I sensed M.J. was in the same area, I didnâ??t even look that way. Uggh, thatâ??s why I HATE for anyone to know Iâ??m even with someone! Because the moment they know thereâ??s tension between the two, gossip spreads and people take sides. Crap like that. After chorus practice, Donovan volunteers to drive me home again. â??Though you may think Iâ??m happy about you breaking up with M.J.,â? I take a deep breath, â??I just want you to know that if you have to feel bad at all, I would just rather you stay with him.â? I shake my head and stretch my arms out. â??Iâ??m confused Donovan. And itâ??s even worse than me trying to figure out how pissed I can get you.â? He laughs. â??I just need to be on some detox program from boys.â? I shake my head. â??Iâ??m SO confused. I just need a sign hanging from my door called â??No Boys Allowedâ??. And to think I was actually side-tracked by the short week thing. What a bunch of crap, THATâ??S what it is!â? â??Oh Lyric, youâ??ll be fine.â? And he hugs me. â??Boy I hope so.â? â??Good to think that youâ??ve only been with two boys since you moved back to California.â? â??And see how long theyâ??ve lasted!â? Me and Donovan wasnâ??t even stable. And just to think we couldâ??ve really had something special. I think that excluding Michael, me and Donovan wouldâ??ve barely had any problems. I look at my house again. â??Hey, I think I need to go in now. I need to take a break. Need to slack for once.â? Though I have in the process already. â??No AP work?â? â??Well I might read off some Spanish vocabulary from my index cards. I need to stay fresh with it.â? â??But arenâ??t you already in Spanish Honor Society?â? â??Have to finish Spanish III next semester, then I should qualify if I keep an A.â? My good memory, love for the language, and the way I sound when I say the words help me to keep that A. Donovanâ??s already in it. â??But what about the rifle team? Are you the captain or what?â? â??â?¦Iâ??ll tell you later. I just rather you get in the house now before your dad gets me.â? â??Do you think my dad is seriously racist?â? â??No, but I know he got guns.â? â??â?¦So does your brother.â? â??Yeah.â? â??And so will youâ?¦military man?â? â??Maybe.â? he pulls his hands through his hair. I was about to get out, but I push the door up, then I decide to close it all the way and face him. â??Are you Donovanâ?¦.?â? â??I have two tickets for the Military Ball. The last Saturday in January. Will you go with me?â? â??Ohâ?¦the JROTC eventâ?¦.So itâ??s confirmed?â? â??I donâ??t know yet Lyric. Itâ??s that or music. Or be some diplomat like Dad, but I donâ??t know.â? â??But youâ??ve took the AP social studies classes. If anyone else is more gifted in social studies, itâ??s probably you. I mean for that fact that he has his career, I know youâ??ve learned from your own experience.â? â??Yeah, well I donâ??t know. I just bought the tickets to have an excuse to hang with you.â? â??Oh really? Well whereâ??s Kristen?â? â??Kris?â? â??Yeah.â? â??Well I used her as a prop.â? I rolled my eyes and laughed. â??Well Iâ??ll see you tomorrow, Donovan.â? We hug real quick. Then he makes sure I get in the house before pulling out the drive-way. I was in the backyard, boldly sitting on Michaelâ??s lap and looking up at the stars. Mom had gone out to the store and Dad was in his room, so that left the two of us. I guess we were alone and lonely. I think we naturally gravitated towards each other. Plus the Jackson 5â??s music was playing in the living room. Listening to â??Never Can Say Goodbyeâ? brought back kid memories anyways, so I felt right at homeâ?¦in his lap and on his arms. Or is it the other way around? â??I havenâ??t seen you interact with your boyfriend in a few daysâ?¦.â? â??Iâ??m not even sure heâ??s what you would call â??my boyfriendâ?? anymore. We got in an argument.â? â??About what?â? You have no idea Michael because it was actually about you. â??Stupid stuff that shouldâ??ve never been brought up in the first place.â? I simply told him. Thatâ??s when I paid more attention to his fingers on his right hand continuously graze my right arm and back. Then I felt him kiss my upper-back where that bone sometimes sticks out. â??I never liked him with you. Something about him didnâ??t seem right. He was always so quick to make decisions for you.â? I turn to face him. â??Okay, enough about the possible ex.â? He searches for the truth in my eyes. â??I was just telling Donovan earlier today that I needed a break from malesâ?¦.Well with the exception of you.â? â??Aww, I feel special.â? â??You ouda feel that way.â? Then he hugs me and when he feels the Promise Ring around my neck, he undoes it and throws it over in the grass. â??Michael!â? I laugh as I go to get it. â??His mother gave him the ring.â? â??Ohâ?¦sorry about that.â? â??Itâ??s okay.â? I brush it off. â??I just have to give it back if Iâ??m really sure about it.â? I look down at it. â??Tell me when you are.â? He walks up to me and kisses my forehead. I go to grab his wrist. â??But I donâ??t want to think about that right now, though,â? then we go in the house. I sit next to him as my tense body takes flight and I listen to their records with Michael sitting right with me. 9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 Thank you for reading. Sorry for some of the sour language (lol) and since todayâ??s Josephâ??s 83rd birthday, Iâ??d like to say Happy Birthday. Read up because you know thereâ??s always more ;) -A.
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